Consumption (Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences series)

by Alan Aldridge (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2003

  $21.53

  This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide-ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Job insecurity has grown, and fewer people see work as giving meaning to their lives.